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Federal judge accuses Trump administration of ‘terror’ against immigrants, vacates ruling on mass detention
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (Gregory Bull/The Associated Press) A U.S. federal judge has thrown out an administrative board’s decision endorsing the Trump administration’s policy of subjecting people arrested during its immigration crackdown to mandatory detention — accusing the administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law. In a ruling late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, Calif., vacated a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals after finding the Trump administration had failed toRead more
Federal prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation
Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter. Several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s civil rights division have also given notice of their departures, they said. The resignations follow growing tensions over a decision by the Trump administration to block the state out of the investigation into the shooting of Renee Good, who was fatallyRead more